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When you reach Test Internet Connection, select Yes (if you re able toaccess the Internet right now) and then Next. If your attempt fails, tryconnecting a few more times. Sometimes the tester just doesn t waitlong enough for the connection to get through, so don t be discouragedif you need to give up and move on. When asked whether you want to get online updates, say Yes (if you reable to access the Internet right now.) That way, you ll be starting with afully up-to-date system. In the Installation Source drop-down list box, select the physically closest site to you. Then, click the Manually SelectPatches box so that it s empty; that way, it automatically updates every- thing and doesn t ask you annoying questions every few seconds. If youwant, go ahead and click Configure Fully Automatic Update while you reat it so that you can make sure that your system keeps itself current onits own. (I look at how to do this in Chapter 12 as well.) This update cantake a while, and sometimes it needs to ask you questions. If it says it srunning into an error getting a patch, keep telling it to try again for a bit. Usually, the error corrects itself within five attempts or so. If you ve triedten times or more and it still doesn t go through, tell it to skip that fix. Again, if your Internet connection doesn t work, don t worry; you canupdate later using Chapter 12. One of the more confusing sections is the User Authentication Method(login) screen. Leave this setting as Stand-Alone machine unless youknow for a fact that your machine is part of an NIS or LDAP network. Someone has to have set up NIS or LDAP, so if it s your network and youdidn t, you re not using it. In the Add A New Local User screen, the User Login box is where youdefine the name of your login account. The Full User Name is where youput your full name so that it appears right in your e-mail From headersand all that fun stuff. Because you want to avoid the root account whenpossible (see Chapter 3), if the account you re creating now is the onethat you ll use most of the time you re logged in, select the ReceiveSystem Mail box to put an X in it. This way, you get all the system warn- ings and whatnot here and don t have to log in as root to see them. Onthe other hand, I don t recommend leaving Auto Login checked. Youshould have to actually log into the machine, or it s too easy for peopleto use your account. The Release Notes can be worth reading just to see what little thingscrop up that might apply to you, and what tips you might find useful fordealing with your personal setup needs. The Hardware Configuration section works just like the others. If youwant to fuss with something, click the appropriate link, and you canalways just leave it as is and look at it later. I deal with sound (seeChapter 18) and printing (see Chapter 7) later, in particular. After you re finished setting up things, you re brought to a login screen. Goahead and start exploring! When you log in, the Welcome To SuSE Linux 9.284Part I:Getting Your Feet Wet

20.If your time zone is not set correctly, click the Time zone entry andchange it. Choose your region on the left and then the time zone on the right. 21.If you want your default language to be something other than U.S.- flavored English, click the Language entry and make your changes. 22.If you want your machine to boot into command line mode, clickDefault Runlevel and select Full Multiuser With Network. 23.Finally, click Accept to open the Confirm Package License: flash- player dialog box. 24.Read the license and then click I agree to proceed to the ConfirmInstallation dialog box. 25.If you re sure you want to keep going, click Install. If you ve changedyour mind, click No to go back to the Installation Settings dialog box. Let the installation begin! The SuSE installer shows you which disks itneeds, how much material it needs from them, and a progress bar foreach as it goes through the install. After the install is finished, remove the CD or DVD and reboot. SuSE continueswith its post-installation setup routine. The cool thing is that if you forget topop out the CD or DVD, the system boots properly regardless just remem- ber to remove the CD or DVD before you reboot again, for good measure! Because I don t have infinite space in this book, I give you some quick noteson how to walk through this initial boot setup routine. (Keep in mind that youcan change the configuration for any of these items later if you need to.) See Chapter 3 on how to choose a solid password for the root (adminis- trative) user. In the Network Configuration section, first check to see that your Ethernetcard (Network Adapter), DSL modem, ISDN adapter, dial-up modem, orwhatever you re using is properly detected. If it is, you see the make andmodel of the card. If not, you see Not Detected. If it s not detected, clickthe link for that section to go to its configuration section and underAvailable, select the Other (Not Detected) option. Click Configure to openthe configuration interface. There, you can tell the interface the details ofyour device. You may need information from your ISP or hardware docu- mentation in order to do so. (See Chapter 7 for coverage of the technologyand issues you run into when setting up networking.) If the process getsoverwhelming, just click Back until you return to the main NetworkConfiguration section and select the Skip Configuration radio button sothat you can go to Chapter 7 to set things up. I also suggest in Network Configuration that you change ssh to enabled. You can find out learn more about this option in Chapter 13.83Chapter 4: Installing Other Linux Distributions08_

From there, to make it easier on yourself, click the Filter drop-down listbox and select Package Groups. This action changes the listing on theleft to software types. You can click the + marks to expand lists and marks to shrink them. Then, on the right, you can look at the individualprograms in the group selected on the left and then check them to addthem to your installation list or uncheck them to remove them. 16.When you think you re done, look on the bottom of the screen andselect Check Dependencies. 17.If the response is All Package Dependencies Are OK, then click OKand proceed to Step 18. Otherwise, say yes to anything needed to fixdependency problems, and when you ve got it all sorted out, then youcan proceed to Step 18.18.Click Accept when you re happy with your software selections. You may be told that extra packages have been added to fix dependen- cies, even if you were told the dependencies are okay. Click Continue ifthis happens. 19.If you know that you don t want to boot directly to the Linux-addedboot menu, where you can choose what operating system and versionto boot into, click the Booting link. Most people will want to leave theboot loader setting alone, so if you don t want to change these values, go to Step 20. If you do click the Booting link, you see the Boot Loader Setup screen. To change a particular entry, click it and then click Edit to open theappropriate editing dialog box. Items of interest include Boot Loader Location: If you want to use a different boot menugenerator, you have to change the boot loader location to a differ- ent partition (a good spot is the /boot partition, so if you put /bootin /dev/hda1, that s what you d select). However, you have to makesure to then tell your boot menu program where to find the Linuxboot loader! Default Section: This is the one you re most likely to want tochange. Click this item and then choose Edit, and you see thescreen where you can tell SuSE which option you want to boot intoif you don t make a selection before the boot loader times out andstarts booting automatically. Available Sections: If you want to add a new boot menu option, click this one, choose Edit, and then click Add from the BootLoader Setup Sections Management screen. If you chose to make changes, once you re ready to move on, click Finishto return to the main Installation Settings screen. 82Part I:Getting Your Feet Wet

11.Make your changes. You can change the size of a partition by clicking it in the list (ignore the whole drive entry, such as /dev/hda, focus instead on the partitions, such as /dev/hda1) and then clicking the Edit button to open the EditExisting Partition dialog box. If you want to resize one of your NTFS orFAT32 partitions, then click that partition in the list and click the Resizebutton to get the job done. 12.Once you re finished with your changes, click Next to return to theInstallation Settings dialog box. 13.Click the Software link. You probably do want to pick and choose what programs to install! Thisaction brings you to the Software Selection screen. 14.Click Detailed Selection. Because I m focusing on a point-and-click desktop setup, it s safe toassume here that you don t want Minimum system (no GUI at all) orMinimum graphical system (a very bare-bones, old-time GUI that doesn ttake up much RAM but lacks many of the nice desktop bells and whistlesmany have grown to love). Clicking Detailed Selection takes you to theindividual software selection screen (see Figure 4-9). 15.Spend as much time here as you want, surfing through the optionsand selecting items to add. Here s a recommended technique for working through this dialog box asa first timer. Start by looking to the left, under Selection, and picking thebig groups you want to use. As a desktop user, you may want to add AllOf KDE, GNOME system (picking both of these groups lets you have bothGUIs to choose from and play with), Games, and Multimedia. Choosingthese groups adds big chunks of programs to your list. You can look inthe lower left to see how much of your disk all your selections take up. Figure 4-9: The SuSE 9.2IndividualSoftwareSelectionscreen intext mode, rather thangraphicalmode. 81Chapter 4: Installing Other Linux Distributions08_

You can click in the Keyboard Test text box and then type to make surethat your keyboard is being recognized properly. If you like to heavilycustomize how your keyboard works, then click the Expert Settingsbutton to do so. 7.Look at the item listed under Mouse. If it is blatantly incorrect (it haschosen the best match it can find for your particular hardware), suchas choosing a USB mouse when you have a PS/2, then click the Mouselink to go to the Mouse configuration screen. Be sure to click the Test button to then test your new mouse setting ifyou change it. A USB mouse has a (around half-inch) wide but flat connector and a PS/2mouse has a round one. A serial mouse is much bigger than both, beingover an inch wide. 8.In the Partitioning section, if you aren t happy with what you re beingoffered, click the Partitioning link. Otherwise, skip to Step 13. Clicking the link brings you to the Suggested Partitioning screen. 9.If you want to just make some adjustments, click the Base PartitionSetup on this Proposal radio button. If you want to completely changethe recommended partitioning setup, select the Create CustomPartition Setup button. Because the last option is really for more advanced users, I assume thatyou chosen Base Partition Setup on thisProposal, to adjust what youwere already assigned. 10.Click Next to make your changes. The Expert Partitioner dialog box opens (see Figure 4-8). Figure 4-8: The SuSE9.2 ExpertPartitionerdialog box intext mode, rather thangraphicalmode. 80Part I:Getting Your Feet Wet

2.Reboot your machine. The Welcome screen appears, followed by the installer s menu. 3.Choose Installation from the menu and press Enter. A progress bar appears as the installer launches. After that, the initializ- ing hardware screen appears. The process of figuring out what hardwareyou have on your computer can be a bit slow, so just be patient. Finally, the Welcome To YaST2 (the system s installer and administrationprogram) screen appears. 4.Select the primary language you want to use on this computer andthen click Accept to proceed. The Installation Settings screen appears (see Figure 4-7). It can take aminute or so for the system to complete its auto-detection routine andfill out all the entries. 5.Look at the values beneath System and determine whether (to the bestof your knowledge) they re correct. If not, click the System link andwait while SuSE autodetects all the hardware on your system in moredetail. When it has finished, look through the list and then click OK. 6.If you re not using a U.S. layout keyboard (if you re in North Americaand have no idea, you re using a U.S. layout keyboard), click theKeyboard Layout link and select the appropriate setting. When you reready to proceed, click Accept. Figure 4-7: The SuSE 9.2InstallationSettingsscreen intext mode(there isalso agraphicalinstaller). 79Chapter 4: Installing Other Linux Distributions08_

may enjoy downloading the Mandrake Cooker (www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ cookerdevel.php3), which is the development ( beta ) version. Most people, though, are better off sticking with the main version of Mandrake, becausebetas, in general, are more full of bugs hence, the term beta test. Starting off with SuSEThe SuSE ( SOO-za , www.suse.com) company and Linux distribution were founded in 1992 and were purchased by Novell (www.novell.com) in 2004. The distribution is named after a German acronym for Software undSystementwicklung(Software and System Development). One SuSE claim tofame is its international support (most major distributions provide a level ofsupport for users around the globe, but some have better language integra- tion for particular groups than others; SuSE understandably excels in theGerman and western European space). SuSE is primarily a commercial distribution, though it has a limited freeoption that I discuss in the section About the various SuSE versions. Ratherthan compare a limited free version against other people s full versions, Iwalk you through the installation of the full SuSE Linux Professional 9.2. Also, while most distributions have one form or another of integrated configura- tion setup, SuSE s YaST is particularly extensive, and is equally so without aGUI an unfortunate rarity. The manuals that come with the boxed versionsare also nice and thick, serving as a nice add-on for this book, online help, user forums, and so on. A Live CD containing SuSE 9.2 with KDE is included as an ISO file within thedistrosfolder on the DVD-ROM that comes with this book. No install isrequired, so you can just burn the ISO onto a CD-ROM, put the CD into yourdrive, and boot your machine to experience this version of SuSE Linux. Installing SuSEThe SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional boxed set comes with two thick manuals, five CDs, and two DVDs (for those who want to install instead from DVD). InChapter 2, I mention that SuSE can resize your existing Windows partitions, soyou don t need to do this step ahead of time. If you re using the version of SuSEincluded with this book, then you don t need to go through this installationprocedure. I cover it here for those who purchased the full version of SuSE. To install this distribution: 1.Put either CD 1 or DVD 1 (the one on the left) in your CD-ROM or DVD- ROM drive. If you re using the DVDs, make sure that Side A is facing up. 78Part I:Getting Your Feet Wet

checks only next to the services you ll run on this computer. For example, you may want to check SSH, FTP, and Echo (ping). Finally, when given the chance to download updated packages, select Yes ifyou are already on a network that s connected to the Internet. Otherwise, youcan do it later. After you finish this part of the configuration process, you re asked to reboot. Then, believe it or not, there s a few more configuration tasks to take care of. First you ll see a user survey. If you want to fill it out, fine, otherwise skip it byjust clicking Next. In the Choose Desktop dialog, click the dropdown list box andplay with the various desktops and themes. Selecting something shows youwhat it will look like. After this, you can register for the Mandrake Club (www. mandrakeclub.com), and then finally you re done and can use the machine! About the various Mandrake versionsMandrake offers both server and desktop solutions, but I focus on the desktophere which is considered by many to be Mandrake s real strength. You cansee Mandrake s full range of commercial products by going to www.mandrakesoft.com/products, and you can see the full range of download options byfollowing the instructions available in the earlier section, Maxin Out the Funwith Mandrake. I also focus only on items, as usual, that include the desktopitself rather than also covering add-ons. At the time of this writing, you can purchase and/or download Mandrake forthe desktop in the following versions: Mandrake 10.1:The full download version included with this book. Youcan use it for desktop, server, and everything in between. MandrakeMove:The LiveCDversion of Mandrake, which allows you topop the CD-ROM into any PC, boot the PC with this CD-ROM, and findyourself in a fully functional Mandrake environment without having toinstall anything. Mandrake 10.1 Discovery:A commercial package for people brand newto Linux. This package includes MandrakeMove. Mandrake 10.1 PowerPack:The regular full-featured commercial desk- top package. Mandrake 10.1 PowerPack+:The power-user commercial desktop offering. Mandrake also has commercial and/or free versions available for a number ofother hardware architectures, such as AMD64, PowerPC, and SPARC. In addi- tion to this, if you re a bleeding edge kind of person which is how geeks referto the very latest and greatest that most people haven t started using you77Chapter 4: Installing Other Linux Distributions08_

12.Select the Individual Package Selection box if you want to look insideeach group and choose what you want. I assume that you clicked this option. 13.Click Next. The Choose The Packages You Want To Install dialog box appears. 14.Select and remove packages according to your needs. In the left column, you can click a right-facing arrow to expand a cate- gory and see all the groups beneath it, or you can click a down-facingarrow to compress the category and clean up the list. A checkmark nextto a group means that you selected that group, and a checkmark next tothe category means you selected the whole category. You also find arrows next to groups. Expand a group, and you can see onthe left all the software that will and won t be installed you won t geteverythingfrom the group by default. You can then click any package inthe list to see a description on the right. If you find that a package thatyou want isn t being installed, click the empty box next to its name tocheck it. If you don t want to install something that s checked, click thecheckmark to unselect it. 15.After you re ready to move on, click Install. The installation begins. You re given a projection of how much time itwill take. Keep in mind that if you need to swap CDs, you won t knowuntil it asks you for the next one, so don t just walk away and ignore thesystem expecting it to be finished when you get back. You can click theDetails button to see the progress for each individual package. As with most mainstream Linux distributions, Mandrake has tasks to takecare of after the main installation, before you start using the system. After themain files are placed onto your system (but before rebooting), you re askedto do things like enter your root (administrative) password. (See Chapter 3for how to select a strong root (administrative) password and why you wantto do so.) After you choose your root password, you re asked to create a regular useraccount. When you do so, click the icon image and have fun selecting a pic- ture to go with your user account. Speaking of users, do notconfigure thecomputer to automatically log in any account unless no one else could possi- bly have access to the machine. It s not a very secure practice, and it s agreat way to set yourself up for some annoying practical jokes. When you reach the Summary screen which isn t entirely a Summarybecause it lets you configure things that you haven t looked at yet makesure that everything is set properly. In particular, the Graphical Interfaceentry refers to your monitor and video card. If these devices aren t config- ured, then you ll definitely want to change that. In the Security section, clickConfiguration next to Firewall, uncheck the Everything checkbox, and add76Part I:Getting Your Feet Wet

Figure 4-6: The Mandrake 10.1PackageGroupSelectiondialog box. Figure 4-5: TheMandrake10.1 CustomPartitioningdialog boxwith anexampledisk layout. 75Chapter 4: Installing Other Linux Distributions08_